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OMAHA, Neb. — For Missy Franklin, another miss at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.The star of the London Games struggled to an 11th-place showing in the semifinals of the 100-meter freestyle Thursday night, failing to even make it to the final.That...

KAZAN, Russia — There's no stopping Katie Ledecky. The 18-year-old American virtually raced herself at the world swimming championships, and she was unbeatable.
Ledecky ended her meet in spectacular style Saturday night, lowering her own world record...

Easton, Pennsylvania May 20, 2015 - On June 11th, Easton Aquatic Club is inviting area swimmers, swim parents and swim fans to get out of the pool and go to the movies. The swim club will be hosting an exclusive one night only showing of the swimming...

Katie Ledecky
is turning pro.
The five-time Olympic swimming gold medalist gave up her final two years of eligibility at Stanford, allowing her to concentrate on training for the
2020 Olympics
while cashing in on sponsorship and endorsement deals...

Missy Franklin has gone to the dogs, as in the Georgia Bulldogs. The five-time Olympic gold medalist has relocated to Athens, Georgia, where she is pursuing a psychology degree and mounting a comeback in the pool. Starting the new year with a...

Katie Ledecky just keeps winning at the world swimming championships.
Ryan Lochte is back on top, too, and together he and Ledecky carried the United States to its first two-gold medal night of the eight-day meet Thursday. Ledecky...

USA Swimming should hope the only thing anyone remembers about the 2015 World Championships is the Katie Ledecky show.
Because the rest of the U.S. team has been thoroughly underwhelming so far.
Ledecky won her third individual title Wednesday,...

There are no world records for will or mental toughness, but rest assured Katie Ledecky would hold them if there were.
All you needed to be certain of that was to see what Ledecky did Tuesday with almost no rest assured.
That is why Ledecky's most...

From the day at age 15 she became the surprise gold medalist in the 800-meter freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics, where Michael Phelps’ successful quest to be the most decorated Olympian in history was the big story, there seemed little doubt Katie...

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps knows training in Colorado Springs is good for his swimming career. That doesn't mean he has to like it.
“It's painful,” Phelps said. “It's mentally challenging more than anything. I know, deep down inside, I do...

Michael Phelps, who Monday night won the Golden Goggles Award as USA Swimming's Male Athlete of the Year, is back in the pool, according to Keenan Robinson, director of athlete services at North Baltimore Aquatic Club, who accepted the honor on the...

Michael Phelps, the most-decorated Olympian of all time, is among seven North Baltimore Aquatic Club swimmers named Wednesday to the 2014-15 USA Swimming national team roster.
Phelps, who is returning from retirement, made the team in the (100-meter...

IRVINE, Calif. — The superficial story line emerging from the U.S. Swimming Championships has been the rivalry between teenage frenemies Missy Franklin, 19, and Katie Ledecky, 17, but the top two women swimmers in the world really compete against each...

IRVINE, Calif. — His comeback performances may not have been particularly eye-catching so far, save for the first and the most recent in the 100-meter butterfly, but there seems little doubt that everyone competing with him still is looking over a...